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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

4

marriage; matrimony

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

5

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy

2

House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)

1

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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to have one's name entered (in a list)

1

distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

2

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

postwar

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

2

abolition; repeal

1

several hundreds

2

privileged class

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

absolute

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

to bring back

1

double suicide; lovers' suicide

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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to become pregnant

1

pregnancy; conception; gestation

1

to disappear; to vanish

5

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

baby

2

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

3

mind and body

2

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

4

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

1

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

1

bedside; near one's pillow

2

to return; to come back

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

to come back

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

baby; infant

2

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

entreaty; appeal; petition

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

4

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

3

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

1

Buraku Liberation Movement

2

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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